VOA慢速英语2011--Music Stars Share Their Trade with Kids at Grammy Camp

Explorations - Music Stars Share Their Trade with Kids at Grammy Camp MARIO RITTER: Welcome to Explorations in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. This week, find out about the Mars Science Laboratory known as Curiosity. The American space agency l

VOA慢速英语2011--Looking Inside the Brains of 'Lucid Dreamers'

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Looking Inside the Brains of 'Lucid Dreamers' FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we tell how warmer weather in the Arctic could speed up c

VOA慢速英语2011--'Sexting' Study Finds Low Rate Among Young

Technology Report - 'Sexting' Study Finds Low Rate Among Young 科技报道 - 新研究表明青少年中性短信并未泛滥 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 New research shows that

VOA慢速英语2011--'Property Ladder' Helps Poor Gain Land Rights

Agriculture Report - 'Property Ladder' Helps Poor Gain Land Rights This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on. Groups like UN-Habitat

VOA慢速英语2010年-Music Stars Present Grammy Nominations

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we answer a question about furniture in American homes. We also play some music nominated for Grammy Awards. But first, we tell about artist and writ

VOA慢速英语2010年-American History: Warren Harding Wins

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, Doug Johnson and Shirley Griffith discuss the presidential election of nineteen twenty and the man who won, Warren Harding. DOUG JOHNS

VOA慢速英语2010年-Lessons From Shanghai's Top Scores on

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, is a two-hour test that compares the performance of fifteen-year-olds. In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Kor

VOA慢速英语2010年-'Hide/Seek' Exhibit at National Portra

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit two museums housed in one building in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently opened a show on the New Yor

VOA慢速英语2011--Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game

Education Report - Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game 教育报道 - 学生们在网络游戏中削减预算 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Some people think of politi

VOA慢速英语2010年-In Study, Aspirin Reduces Deaths From

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell the story of aspirin. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: People have known since ancient times that aspirin lessens pain

VOA慢速英语2010年-Activists Say Fishing Limit Not Enough

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. An international group has set the limit for next year's catch of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The limit is just under thirteen thousand metric tons. That is six hundr

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - A Look at Holiday Mo

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Some of the best movies of the year are released in December. Many will be competing for Academy Awards next year. This week

VOA慢速英语2011--Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Great Twentieth Century Writer and Philosopher

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Great Twentieth Century Writer and Philosopher SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about th

VOA慢速英语2011--American History: Ford Leads Nation After Nixon Resigns

THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Ford Leads Nation After Nixon Resigns STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we tell the story of the thirty-eight

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Brighter Time for S

The season for buying Christmas gifts is the busiest time for most stores and online retailers in the United States. Final numbers for the holiday season including after-Christmas sales will not be known for a while. But a report this week on retail

VOA慢速英语2011--Study Confirms Earth-like Planet in What Scientists Call “The Habitable Zone”

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Study Confirms Earth-like Planet in What Scientists Call The Habitable Zone MARIO RITTER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein. Today, we tell about the discov

VOA慢速英语2011--'Snoopy House' Finds a New Home, and Other Holiday Tales

THIS IS AMERICA - 'Snoopy House' Finds a New Home, and Other Holiday Tales STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we talk about holiday celebrat

VOA慢速英语2011--PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important i

VOA慢速英语2011--Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist

Words and Their Stories: You Do Not Have to Be a Rocket Scientist 词汇典故：这没什么难的 Hello. I'm Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English. 大家好，我是Phil Murray。今天由我给大家带来美国之音

VOA慢速英语2011--New Plan Aims to End European Debt Crisis

IN THE NEWS - New Plan Aims to End European Debt Crisis 新闻报道 - 欧盟试图修约终结欧洲债务危机 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Most members of the European Union have agr